Standing

Sebastian loves to stand holding on to the edges of tables or chairs or anything else he can hang on to. He also enjoys typing on Julien's computer and playing with the mouse. He is a very active little boy!

Fencing

I forgot to post these photos earlier. During the recent visit Julien enjoyed fencing with his Grandad. Grandad was a real sport. And no one got injured.

Learns to blow a horn

This is the same green horn my sister and I used to love to play. Julien and Sebastian laughed and laughed when Sebastian first learned to blow the horn.

Grandad

Sebastian enjoyed being held by Grandad Rick. Grandad enjoyed it too.

Hanging out

On one of the nicest days we hung out on the deck and grilled pork chops. Julien was very busy playing soccer and running around the yard. Sebastian crawled around on the deck and drank his grandmum's water.

Swing

Touching Dandelions

Oliver Winery

Since the weather was beautiful, we went to the Oliver Winery for a wine tasting and a picnic. Julien fed the koi swimming in the small lake. He also found frog eggs (or at least I believe they were frog eggs!) on the edge of the lake.

Sebastian was excited to crawl in the grass.

Brown County State Park

We went for a hike in Brown County State Park. The spring flowers were lovely, although they have now probably all died of frost. There were lots of turtles sunning on downed trees.

French Lick

Richard's parents, Kathy and Rick, were in town this last week. On their first day in town we drove down to French Lick, Indiana to take a train ride. The train ride, although nice, was a little long (3 1/2 hours) and a bit surreal. At the half way point the train stops at a gravel lot in Cuzco Indiana, a very tiny town. It was announced in the train that we shouldn't even bother heading towards the general store because the proprietor locks it up as soon as the train heads in to town!

But we enjoyed the view of rural Indiana, Sebastian enjoyed being held and Julien enjoyed his ring pop.

Happy Easter!

We had a nice Easter morning with Easter baskets. The Easter Bunny gave Julien an adventure light and animal classification cards and Sebastian plastic eggs filled with cheerieos and a ball. They were both very happy. Precious (who used to work with Ellen) sent us a package of temporary tatoos and little easter games to put in thier baskets, which was very sweet. She was happy with the photos I sent her of Julien, Sebastian and Benjamin (she had called me up to ask me to send photos). Later, we had Tracy and Jim and thier kids Jake, Peter and Dale over for an easter brunch and an egg hunt. Sebastian and Julien both got very wound up. Julien was very sweet to Dale, the two year old girl, and gave her lots of eggs during the egg hunt.